Photo Critique #93

Friday Photo Critique is our weekly community project, where we publish a photograph submitted by one of our wonderful readers, then ask you all to offer constructive feedback on the image. It’s a great way to learn more about photography, express your viewpoint, and have your own image critiqued!

Quick Ground Rules

Play nice! We’ve deliberately chosen photographs that aren’t perfect, so please be constructive with any criticism.

You can also link to photographs that you feel offer a great example of this type of image shot exceptionally well.

Without further ado, here is this week’s candidate for Friday Photo Critique!

The Photograph

Photo Details & Inspiration

Canon 550D

1/80

f/1.8

EF 50mm 1.8 II

ISO 400

Auto white balance

Aperture priority mode

I really love this picture. It was taken in the zoo in Stuttgart, Germany. I staring fascinated at the gorillas, when suddenly an old man grabs me by the arm the tells me that I should take a picture of these two gorillas. I just had time to aim the camera at them and focus, nothing more. I was pretty impressed by the photo. I wanted to thank the old man for warning me about it, but he was already gone.